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A review by emmabeckman
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
1.0
For once, I don't really want to give a rant review for a book I really disliked. Usually, I don't really need to LIKE characters, per se, but I guess I do need to have some level of sympathy for them and their situation, or at LEAST an interest in what they're going to do.
Yes, I hated every character, but I think you're supposed to, so I'm not mad about that. But I couldn't sympathize with anyone's rationale. I understood why they chose to do things, but no one ever gained anything from those decisions and never learned why they should have made other decisions and I just don't care about people being idiots for 350 pages and never growing as people.
Also nothing happened in this book. And yet it still managed to be super gross and not a great time to read. There were way too many clues about what really happened throughout the book, like REALLY obvious ones. So.... soz about that.
Ugh I'm not sure if that review made sense. But really. I DON'T have to LIKE a character, but I have to be INTERESTED in what they're doing and I really wasn't.
ALSO. The most interesting part to read was the "past" sections and they were still not really that great.
Edited to add: this review sums up most of my complaints about the book (contains spoilers).
Yes, I hated every character, but I think you're supposed to, so I'm not mad about that. But I couldn't sympathize with anyone's rationale. I understood why they chose to do things, but no one ever gained anything from those decisions and never learned why they should have made other decisions and I just don't care about people being idiots for 350 pages and never growing as people.
Also nothing happened in this book. And yet it still managed to be super gross and not a great time to read. There were way too many clues about what really happened throughout the book, like REALLY obvious ones. So.... soz about that.
Ugh I'm not sure if that review made sense. But really. I DON'T have to LIKE a character, but I have to be INTERESTED in what they're doing and I really wasn't.
ALSO. The most interesting part to read was the "past" sections and they were still not really that great.
Edited to add: this review sums up most of my complaints about the book (contains spoilers).